SEC. 4. The town clerks of the several towns shall, within 5 days, certify to the county clerk the result of such vote. Within 15 days after such annual town meeting, the county clerk of the county shall canvass such vote and report the result thereof to the clerks of the several towns. If a majority of the votes is in favor of establishing such hospital, the county clerk shall so report to the governor.

SEC. 5. The governor shall thereupon appoint from the residents of such county three trustees, not more than one of whom shall be a physician. The terms of the trustees first appointed shall be for 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively, and annually there after the governor shall appoint one trustee for a term of 3 years.

SEC. 6. Said trustees shall be a corporation by the name of the trustees of the tuberculosis hospital of the county for which they are chosen and shall possess the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, and may receive and hold real and personal property by gift, devise or purchase.

SEC. 7. Said trustees shall receive from the State $4 per day for time necessarily spent and their actual expenses, but such per diem and expenses shall not exceed $100 a year each.

SEC. 8. The trustees, with the advice and consent of the governor and the approval of the State board of health, shall determine upon the location of such hospital, the plans therefor and the amount, not to exceed $70,000, to be expended. The trustees shall make all necessary contracts for establishing and equipping such hospital.

SEC. 9. A hospital established under the provisions of this act, shall be subject to the regulations prescribed by the trustees, with the advice and consent of the State board of health, and shall, subject to such regulations, receive and treat persons suifering from tuberculosis, and be open to the public.

SEC. 10. To meet the cost incident to the establishment of a hospital under the provisions of this act, a county may issue its negotiable bonds for an amount not tu exceed $70,000. Such bonds shall be in serial form, payable at the rate of $2,00 per year, and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 4 per cent. Such bonds shal. be signed by the county clerk and countersigned by the assistant judges of the county

court.

SEC. 11. For the purpose of retiring bonds and paying the interest thereon, there shall annually be assessed, for a period not to exceed 50 years, a tax of 3 cents on a dollar of the grand list.

SEC. 12. Such tax shall be collected by the several towns of the county in the manner now provided by law for the collection of town taxes and shall be paid over by the treasurers of the several towns, on or before the first day of December in each year, to the treasurer of the county maintaining such hospital.

SEC. 13. The expense of caring for patients receiving treatment in such hospital shall be met by payments under the provisions of No. 219 of the acts of 1912, and amendments thereto: Provided, however, That the board of trustees may make such regulations as they deem proper for the admission of private patients and patients able to pay a part of the expense only, payment of the remainder to be under the provisions of No. 219 of the acts of 1912, and amendments thereto: And provided further, That the payments by the State for the care of any patient shall in no case exceed $10 per week. The trustees of such hospital shall quarterly make out and forward to the auditor of accounts a sworn statement of the number of patients treated and the number of weeks such patients received treatment during the preceding quarter, and the auditor shall draw an order in favor of such trustees.

SEC. 14. Two or more counties may unite for the purpose of providing such a he pital to care for persons residing therein. When 100 voters of each of such counties join in a petition in duplicate or triplicate, as the case may be, addressed to the county clerks of such counties, provision for voting on the question shall be made and the voting done as prescribed in sections 2 and 3 of this act, except that in such vote the ballot shall read as follows: Shall ...... and ...... counties jointly establish a tuberculosis hospital and issue their joint bonds therefor in accordance with the pro

visions of an act of the general assembly of 1917, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a county hospital for tuberculosis?" The ballots provided for in section 3 of this act shall be prepared by the respective county clerks and furnished to the town clerks in their respective counties at least 5 days before the annual meeting. If a majority of the votes in each of such counties is in favor of establishing such a hospital, the governor shall appoint 5 trustees, residents of such counties, not more than two of whom shall be physicians, whose term shall be the same as designated in section 5 of this act. Sections 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of this act shall apply to such a union of counties, except that each county shall be liable, as between it and the other counties in the union, for such proportion of the bond issue as its grand list bears to the total grand list of the counties so voting. Bonds issued by such a union of counties shall be signed by the county clerks of such counties and countersigned by the assistant judges of the respective county courts.

SECTION. 1. Section 5472 of the public statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 5472. For the purposes of this chapter, an article of food shall be deemed to be misbranded if it is an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article; or if it is labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purports to be a foreign product when not so; or if the contents of the package originally put up have been removed in whole or in part and other contents have been placed in such package; or if it fails to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any substance contained therein; or if in package form, the quantity of the contents be not plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count: Provided, however, That reasonable variations shall be permitted, and tolerances and also exemptions as to small packages shall be established by rules and regulations made in accordance with the provisions of section 5476 of the public statutes; or if the package containing it or its label bears any statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which is false or misleading in any particular.

Food Products-Standards of Purity-Sale. (Act 201, Mar. 2, 1917.) SECTION 1. The standards of purity for food products, except as otherwise provided by statute, shall be those adopted and now in use by the United States Department of Agriculture as authorized by acts of Congress approved June 3, 1902, and March 3, 1903, as promulgated by such department by circular 19 issued in pursuance of such arts, and such standards as may hereafter be adopted or promulgated by such department pursuant to such authority.

SEC. 2. A person shall not sell or offer for sale food products that do not conform to the standards aforesaid, after having received notice from the State board of health forbidding such sale: Provided, however, That food products that do not conform to such standards may be sold correctly and accurately labelled if such sale does not conflict with chapter 226 of the public statutes.

SEC. 3. A person who violates a provision of this act shall be imprisoned not more than 6 months or fined not more than $100 nor less than $5, or both.

Food Establishments-Sanitary Regulation-Employees. (Act 200, Feb. 24, 1917.)

SECTION 1. No person shall manufacture, prepare, pack, can, bottle, keep, store, handle, serve, or distribute, in any manner, food, for the purpose of sale, in an unclean unsanitary, or unhealthful establishment, or, under unclean, unsanitary, or unhealthful conditions.

SEC. 2. Each establishment, subject to the provisions of this act, shall be constructed. maintained, and operated with strict regard for the health of the employees and for the purity and wholesomeness of the food therein produced, kept, stored, handled. served, or distributed, so far as may be reasonable and necessary in the public interest and consistent with the character of the establishment, pursuant to the following general requirements:

1. The entire establishment and its immediate appertaining premises, including the fixtures and furnishings, the machinery, apparatus, implements, utensils, recep tacles, vehicles, and other devices used in the production, keeping, storing, handling. serving or distributing of the food, or of the materials used in the food, shall be constructed, maintained, and operated in a clean, sanitary and healthful manner;

2. The food and the materials used in the food shall be protected from any foreign or injurious contamination which may render them unfit for human consumption; 3. The clothing, habits, and conduct of the employees shall be conducive to and promote cleanliness, sanitation and healthfulness;

4. There shall be proper, suitable, and adequate light, ventilation, drainage and plumbing;

5. There shall be proper, suitable, and adequate toilets and lavatories, constructed. maintained, and operated in a clean, sanitary, and healthful manner.

SEC. 3. No employer shall require, permit, or suffer any person affected with any contagious, infectious, or other disease or physical ailment which may render such employment detrimental to the public interest, to work in any such establishment, and no person, so affected, shall work in any such establishment, subject to the provisions of this act, and pursuant to the provisions of section 4.

SEC. 4. The State board of health may require any person proposing to work, or working in, an establishment, subject to the provisions of this act, to undergo a physiical examination, for the purpose of ascertaining whether said person is affected with any contagious, infectious or other disease or physical ailment, which may render the employment detrimental to the public interest. The examination shall be made at the time and pursuant to the conditions duly defined by the State board of health No person who refuses to submit to such examination shall work or be required, permitted, or suffered to work in any such establishment.

SEC. 5. The State board of health shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this act.

SEC. 6. The State board of health through its duly authorized officers, inspectors. agents, or other assistants, shall be permitted, at all reasonable times, to inspect any establishment, or part thereof, subject to the provisions of this act, together with its operation.

SEC. 7. If, as the result of an inspection provided for in section 6 of this act, it appears that any establishment is being maintained or operated in violation of any of the provisions of this act, the State board of health shall cause written notice thereof to be served upon the person violating such provisions, together with an order commanding an abatement of such violation and a compliance with this act within a reasonable period of time stated in the order. Any person upon whom such notice and order is served shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why such order should be vacated or amended, under such rules and regulations as may be fully prescribed. If, as a result of such hearing, it appears that the provisions of this act have not been violated, then the State board of health shall immediately vacate such order, without prejudice. If, however, after such hearing, it still appears that the provisions have been violated, and, upon a failure to comply with such order, in itsoriginal or amended form, within the reasonable time therein stated, then the State board of health shall, at once, certify the facts to the proper prosecuting attorney. SEC. 8. The State board of health shall make uniform and necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act.

SEC. 9. The word "food," as used in this act, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man, whether simple, mixed, or compound, and all substances and ingredients used in the preparation thereof. The word " establishment," as used herein, shall include all buildings, rooms, basements, cellars, lofts, or other premises, or part thereof, used, occupied, or maintained for the purpose of manufacturing, preparing, packing, canning, bottling, keeping, storing, handling, serving, or distributing, in any manner, food for sale. The word "person,' as used in this act, shall extend and be applied to a partnership, association, company, or corporation and to an individual.

SEC. 10. A person who violates a provision of this act shall be fined not more than $300 for the first offense, and, for each subsequent offense, not more than $500.

Milk-Standard of, as Paying Basis in Creameries and Cheese Factories. (Act 182, Mar. 21, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 4928 of the public statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 4928. Milk containing 3.7 per cent of butter fat shall be the standard used as a paying basis in creameries and cheese factories.

Creameries, Cheese Factories, Condensaries, and Receiving Stations for Milk and Cream-Inspection-Correction of Insanitary Conditions-Inspection of Dairies. (Act 184, Mar. 14, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 1 of No. 179 of the acts of 1912 is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SECTION 1. The commissioner of agriculture shall, at least twice each year, inspect or cause to be inspected, as to their sanitary condition, all creameries, cheese factories, condensaries or receiving stations for milk or cream, and shall require the correction of all insanitary conditions and practices found therein. While so doing, he shall take cognizance of the condition in which milk or cream is delivered. If he has reason to believe that such milk or cream, or part thereof, is produced and kept under insanitary conditions he shall inspect, or cause to be inspected, the dairy and premises of the producer of such milk or cream, and shall make such recommendations and orders as in his judgment will improve such milk or cream to a medium standard. In case his orders or recommendations are not complied with he may order, in writing, the owner, operator or manager of such creamery, cheese factory, condensary or receiving station receiving such milk or cream and the owner, operator or manager of neighboring creameries, cheese factories, condensaries and receiving stations, to refuse to receive the milk or cream from such dairy until permitted so to do by order of said commissioner.

SEC. 2. Section 2 of No. 179 of the acts of 1912 is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 2. An owner or proprietor of a creamery, cheese factory, receiving station or condensary who disobeys such order, or who fails to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be fined not more than $50 for each violation.

Ice Cream-Standards of Purity and Quality-Sale. (Act 202, Mar. 2, 1917.) SECTION 1. The standard of purity and quality for ice cream shall be as follows: Ice cream, a frozen product made from cream and sugar, with or without gelatine and a natural flavoring and containing not less than 14 per cent of milk fat;

Fruit ice cream, a frozen product made from cream, sugar, and sound, clean, mature fruits, with or without pure gelatine and containing not less than 12 per cent of milk fat;

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Nut ice cream, a frozen product made from cream, sugar, and sound, nonrancid nuts, with or without pure gelatine and containing not less than 12 per cent milk fat. SEC. 2. An article of food marked, labeled, branded, named or called ice cream shall not be sold or offered for sale unless it shall conform to the standard established by this act.

SEC. 3. Articles of food frozen in the form of ice cream, but not conforming to the standards established by this act, may be sold or offered for sale under any fancy, descriptive, or trade name whatsoever, except that the words "ice cream" or "cream shall not be a part of such name; nor appear, or be used in any manner whatsoever in connection with such product or the sale thereof.

SEC. 4. A person who violates a provision of this act shall be fined not more than $200.

Meat-Inspection. (Act 196, Mar. 21, 1917.)

SECTION 1. The State board of health or a local board may appoint inspectors who shall at the request of the shipper inspect meat intended for interstate shipment. Said inspector shall receive therefor a fee of 25 cents for the first animals inspected up to five and 5 cents for each animal in excess of five and 10 cents a mile each way for his travel, to be paid by the person requesting such inspection. The State board of health shall make necessary rules and regulations relating to such inspection and the marking of animals so inspected.

Drug Addicts and Dipsomaniacs-Commitment to Institutions for Treatment. (Act 114, Mar. 30, 1917.)

SECTION 1. Section 3736 of the public statutes as amended by section 1 of No. 121 of the acts of 1910, section 1 of No. 134 of the acts of 1912 and section 1 of No. 124 of the acts of 1915 is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 3736. When a person becomes an habitual drunkard or dipsomaniac, or so addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants as to have lost the power of self-control, the probate court for the district in which he resides or is domiciled shall, on application of the selectmen of the town where he resides or is domiciled or any of his relatives, upon reasonable notice to such person, make inquiry; and, if it finds him to be an habitual drunkard or dipsomaniac, or so far addicted to the intemperate use of narcotics or stimulants as to have lost the power of self-control, shall order such person committed for 1 year to an institution in this State where he can receive special treatment for such condition, or shall order him committed to the care, custody and control of some suitable person for a similar period; but, if such person is committed to an institution in this State, the supervisors of the insane may, in their discretion, give him a conditional discharge at the expiration of 4 months, and a revocation of such conditional discharge by the board of supervisors at any time thereafter until the expiration of the term of commitment shall be sufficient warrant for the return of such person to the institution from which he was discharged, there to remain until the expiration of the full term of 1 year from the date of the original commitment; and if such person is indigent and such fact is so certified to by the selectmen of his town, the expense of commitment and treatment and all necessary expense of transportation to such institution and from such institution to the town from which he was committed at the time of his discharge or at the expiration of the term of commitment, shall be borne by the State; but in the event of the death of such indigent person while an inmate of such institution, the expense of removal and burial shall be borne by the town from which he was committed.

SEC. 2. Section 5 of No. 121 of the acts of 1910 is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

SEC. 5. The estate of any person who is committed to or received by any institution or person under this act shall be liable for his support therein and the expenses of